England v Pakistan | 1st Test | Lord's | Jul 14-18, 2016 | Day 1

[Third Man]

It takes two balls to realize that Azhar is different class to our openers.

Exactly. You can see that he's very comfortable.

 

[myyk786]

Finn will wreak havoc!

 

[Mamoon]

I hate Finn's run up and action, but he's a quality bowler.

 

[Red Devil]

He's in Vegas atm playing poker. He will be there for commentaty from Saturday though. Hope Yasir is bowling then.

Haha that's why I asked.. Would love to listen to him analyse his bowling.

 

[Hasan123]

Azhar seems pretty much at easy in the first few deliveries he has faced..

He has played in England 2010, he got better by the end of the tour.

 

[big_gamer007]

Good first ball from Finn..

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

How many years till we realise that there is no better opener than Azhar Ali in Pakistan?

There are many who can bat at 3 or 4 but no one decent enough to open the innings.

I guess it will take us 2 years more to realise this.


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[Slog]

Masood showed no positive intent and got punished!

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Seriously need to look at bringing in another opener...possibly Nasir Jamshed as he is playing in the UK and doing reasonably well...

I understand it's your first post but you could've done better.

 

[JilaWatan]

[MENTION=141718]LowKiiSavage[/MENTION] was right.

Shehzad would have been better.

I'm waiting to see when shehzad posts a comparison chart of him and masood on twitter

 

[MMHS]

Azhar waits for the ball, rather than pushing at it. If he can improve his scoring rate with duration on wicket, should finish as one of PAK greats, if not cricket greats.

 

[big_gamer007]

He has played in England 2010, he got better by the end of the tour.

I see past experience does help..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to get to lunch just 1 wicket down, hafeez needs to keep being positive and Azhar needs to play himself in here!

 

[Slog]

These 2 need to get to 100 atleast

 

[street cricketer]

They should play horizontal bat shots, to rule out edges.

To full balls?

 

[Mamoon]

Shot.

 

[big_gamer007]

Hafeez on fire.. 50 on the cards for sure

 

[Muhammad10]

Some swing for Finn. Four right armers for England, but it looks a well rounded attack.

 

[Mamoon]

Azhar will finish his career with 100 Tests, around 20-25 tons and around 8k runs.

Definitely a Pakistan great.

 

[Slog]

Hafeez should continue to play this style

Live by the sword and die by it

No need to be extra smart and alter his style due to conditions.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

What a rubbish action Finn has.

 

[FreakCricket]

bellissimo

 

[big_gamer007]

Missed opportunity should have hit it for 4.. Anyways decent start, if Masood wasn't out I would have given first hour to Pakistan.. But it's even at the moment slight edge to
England..

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

To full balls?

To short balls, Shan Masood looked for a back foot drive, hence edged it to the WK, had he played it with a horizontal bat, he wouldn't have edged it to the WK easily.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

42-1 in the first hour.....

I'd take that, decent start to be honest.

 

[Hasan123]

I see past experience does help..

Indeed. Also he is a hardworking boy so I'm sure he has been preparing well as well.

 

[MMHS]

There is no side match between 1st & 2nd Test, for that I think it could have been a good idea to give Sami a match at Sussex.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Hafeez is looking comfortable, will be criminal if he doesn't turn this into a big score

 

[Hasan123]

Azhar waits for the ball, rather than pushing at it. If he can improve his scoring rate with duration on wicket, should finish as one of PAK greats, if not cricket greats.

Woww bold claim. Will end up a pakistani great no doubt. But to end up an atg needs to do well on these overseas tours

 

[IAJ]

What a rubbish action Finn has.

seems stressful

 

[Hasan123]

Azhar will finish his career with 100 Tests, around 20-25 tons and around 8k runs.

Definitely a Pakistan great.

Agree. Could have ended up with 10k runs had he started a year or 2 earlier

 

[Markhor]

You can see the difference between the quality of Sky's coverage with our usual Ten Sports, PTV and frankly everyone else.

 

[Hasan123]

What a rubbish action Finn has.

He had changed it. His action in 2012-2012 was better.

 

[yasir]

I hate Finn's run up and action, but he's a quality bowler.

In the absence of Jimmy Finn or Woaks should have opens the bowling... With broad you need a swing bowler and the one with better control. Ball was not right choice to start


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[Pete Rose]

Ramiz,yay

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

The 2nd ball in the good length to Azhar Ali and Woakes got a beaten....

Its small things like these that separate bowlers.....

Now back to a bad ball.

Not bad in the technical sense...but bad in the wicket taking delivery sense.

 

[Shafi]

People should not jinx Azhar Ali. He is one of the 3 batsmen who are in form.

 

[Markhor]

Woakes quite full that over.

 

[Hasan123]

No runs for Azhar but he looks better than Shan

 

[big_gamer007]

Bowling too full.. Need to be back at a good length

 

[MMHS]

Woww bold claim. Will end up a pakistani great no doubt. But to end up an atg needs to do well on these overseas tours

He has 9 (13, if I take the WI Series) Tests in next 7 months & he is in great touch. If he scores 3/4 hundreds in this period - that's 12/13 hundreds in 60 Tests.

You can judge players on what is offered to the, besides many greats in past had "notes" in their stats - check Javed, Zaheer or even Sunni's career.

 

[Hasan123]

Nassir Hussain and Ramiz talking about moving Shafiq up the order

 

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar needs to be careful here and start rotating strike and not get bogged down!

 

[Pete Rose]

I just spotted Darwin in the crowd

 

[Ozymandiasza]

You can see the difference between the quality of Sky's coverage with our usual Ten Sports, PTV and frankly everyone else.

Sky sport's rugby commentary and coverage is quite horrid

 

[big_gamer007]

I missed jake ball's spell.. How does he seem like? Can be a regular in English side after Jimmy retires?

 

[Seller1984]

Lol at rameez's commentary

 

[MMHS]

Rameez is as usual pathetic - someone scoring from 6, because he is pushed there, shouldn't be brought to 3/4, because he is scoring from 6 ...........

 

[Hasan123]

He has 9 (13, if I take the WI Series) Tests in next 7 months & he is in great touch. If he scores 3/4 hundreds in this period - that's 12/13 hundreds in 60 Tests.

You can judge players on what is offered to the, besides many greats in past had "notes" in their stats - check Javed, Zaheer or even Sunni's career.

He should end up with more than 20 hundreds as we play in UAE which is perfect for his batting

 

[#GreenRoars]

Hafeez going good. I hope this partnership stays for long.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I missed jake ball's spell.. How does he seem like? Can be a regular in English side after Jimmy retires?

Looked bad to me.

 

[Shafi]

There is no side match between 1st & 2nd Test, for that I think it could have been a good idea to give Sami a match at Sussex.

Not a bad idea to let him play for Pakistan A couple of matches instead of Hack Sharjeel

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Hafeez missing out on some bad balls

 

[imshally81]

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[Markhor]

We've crawled to a halt since Shan's dismissal.

That being said, Finn strays too straight and gets punished for four.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shot of the day from Hafeez

 

[On_the_up]

Lovely shot by Hafeez

 

[big_gamer007]

Sexy shot.. Looked pleasing wrist work Laxmanesque

 

[Pete Rose]

Shot of the morning

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Vivesque flick by Hafeez.

 

[aroor]

Hafeez's name on Honour Board?

 

[LowKiiSavage]

[MENTION=141718]LowKiiSavage[/MENTION] was right.

Shehzad would have been better.

Not difficult to say considering how bad shan is. Big big mistake by selectors.

 

[big_gamer007]

Looked bad to me.

I see.. Let's see how he does in rest of the match..

 

[MMHS]

Not a bad idea to let him play for Pakistan A couple of matches instead of Hack Sharjeel

Can't - the FC matches are over. Could have done in last match as it was decided Shaan is going to play at Lord's.

 

[Deewana]

This is where amir or any world class bowler plays a vital role ...when a team especially a touring side has a world class bowler like we have in amir the opponent home side usually produces a pitch which neutralizes the effect of the opponent world class bowler...the only reason our batsman have been presented flat pancake instead of green mamba..hail amir


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[LowKiiSavage]

Nice shot.

 

[FreakCricket]

magnífico

 

[big_gamer007]

Azhar gets off he mark.. Not convincing shot but he'll take kt

 

[LowKiiSavage]

This is where amir or any world class bowler plays a vital role ...when a team especially a touring side has a world class bowler like we have in amir the opponent home side usually produces a pitch which neutralizes the effect of the opponent world class bowler...the only reason our batsman have been presented flat pancake instead of green mamba..hail amir


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You are missing the point that the other team has world class bowlers too and more than us.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Chaar run

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Hafeez is lucky af

 

[imshally81]

50 up for Pakistan

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[big_gamer007]

Take that Brits.. Hafeez showing signs of taking it on

 

[Deewana]

A century here for hafeez would be savage


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[Markhor]

Well, Hafeez's kamikaze style has got us to 50.

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Didn't we observe little movement of glove (thumb) ?
[MENTION=5869]yasir[/MENTION]

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[sensible-indian-fan]

Hafeez has got kavacha kundal from Surya Bhagavan.

 

[Hasan123]

Good shot by Hafeez. Azhar just bat all day and Hafeez batting at this pace for 50/60 overs and it's not been a bad day

 

[FreakCricket]

nice 50-1

 

[imshally81]

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